Question

i have developing a C++ Api project.

i will use dialogboxparam to create a dialogbox…

i done to create and set the textbox,labels and buttons…
its work fine…

now i want to add a image in the top of the dialogbox…

i did use this code in WM_INITDIALOG:

HBITMAP hImage= (HBITMAP)LoadImage(NULL,L"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\BMA-Images\\login-header",IMAGE_BITMAP,LR_DEFAULTSIZE ,LR_DEFAULTSIZE ,LR_LOADFROMFILE|LR_CREATEDIBSECTION);
            SendMessage(_hwnd,STM_SETIMAGE,IMAGE_BITMAP,(LPARAM)hImage);

But it didnt work…
Can anyone help to resolve this…
Thanks in advance
Sonu

Answer 1

The easiest way is to override the WM_PAINT for the window and paint the bitmap at that point (between the BeginPaint and EndPaint) calls

There is an MFC based example here:

http://www.programmersheaven.com/mb/mfc_coding/113034/113034/how-do-i-set-a-background-picture-in-a-dialog-box-/